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That's literally why I'm here right now. I usually browse Reddit with my morning coffee, this has been a pleasant alternative

xattt 3y ago
Eternal June for HN begins…
- rthomas6 3y ago
  Nah, floods of new users have come before. The lack of images, politics, and drama, combined with the "boring" design drives the undesirables away, leaving behind people who like talking about tech and other interests.
  - bhtru 3y ago
    Moderation is quality on HN too. The tech+(with some business) focused nature of the feed keeps folks off too. No memes here.
  - avgDev 3y ago
    HN will always retain some of the new comers. I was first reddit user then HN. HN instantly brought me "old" internet nostalgia. Geeks just talking about things in a mostly open minded way. Lack of memes, politics and "boring" design will be all positives for some.
  - RoyGBivCap 3y ago
    Politics is very much on HN. It's a part of the same filter bubble as the rest of big tech: https://i.imgur.com/taGzsZP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/taGzsZP.jpg It's thinly veiled behind more passive aggressively written prose than reddit, but it's here. No images, I'll grant, but as someone mistaken for conservative by liberals and liberal by conservatives I can assure you it's very much political.
- whimsicalism 3y ago
  Began with covid :)
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moffkalast 3y ago
It seems pleasant at first, then you realize that 90% of comments on every post are cynical negativity and I'm not entirely sure if spending much time around here is a good thing because it'm starting to absorb it.
- esperent 3y ago
  Yes, HN is a very cynical and negative place, and it's interesting how quickly I stop noticing that if I visit a few days in a row. But if I don't visit for a week and then come back, it's starkly obvious. It's also not exclusively negative and cynical, of course, and there are some great insights to be found here. I think you're being unfair with 90%. Maybe more like 70%?
  - yannyu 3y ago
    Is there any tech-oriented forum that isn't largely cynical and negative? Is there any social media that isn't largely cynical and negative? I also notice how my mindset changes when I don't visit, which really just makes me think I should stop engaging in 90% of online discourse and discussion.
    - moffkalast 3y ago
      Feels like reddit is at least has a larger percentage of memes and shitposting so there's less overall negativity, but there's also less substance.
    - esperent 3y ago
      > Is there any tech-oriented forum that isn't largely cynical and negative Maybe no? I only know of two (not including subreddits): HN and Slashdot. And of the two, Slashdot is far, far, more negative, with the weird addition of American style republican political views. Which, as a European reader, makes it feel like a very right wing place. Are there any other forums I'm not aware of?
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garciasn 3y ago
I deleted Apollo and the official Reddit app (which I used to post posts) and I'm done. I had been a user for ~12 years and had 150K+ comment karma. They fucked up and now I'll spend more time on here and /., is my guess. Unless there are other strong dork communities I should be looking into. Edit: Ask HN thread showed up on my last question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789
- norrland4ever 3y ago
  What is /. ?
  - evandale 3y ago
    Slashdot https://slashdot.org https://slashdot.org I've started looking at that and arstechnica for my tech news replacements.
  - mplanchard 3y ago
    slashdot.org
  - deadcat 3y ago
    Slashdot website, which was once a massive tech discussion site.
  - terrytwillstein 3y ago
    Slashdot.
  - pixelatedindex 3y ago
    Slashdot, if I had to guess
  - mjhagen 3y ago
    This hurts.
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xattt 3y ago

Eternal June for HN begins…

rthomas6 3y ago
Nah, floods of new users have come before. The lack of images, politics, and drama, combined with the "boring" design drives the undesirables away, leaving behind people who like talking about tech and other interests.
- bhtru 3y ago
  Moderation is quality on HN too. The tech+(with some business) focused nature of the feed keeps folks off too. No memes here.
- avgDev 3y ago
  HN will always retain some of the new comers. I was first reddit user then HN. HN instantly brought me "old" internet nostalgia. Geeks just talking about things in a mostly open minded way. Lack of memes, politics and "boring" design will be all positives for some.
- RoyGBivCap 3y ago
  Politics is very much on HN. It's a part of the same filter bubble as the rest of big tech: https://i.imgur.com/taGzsZP.jpg https://i.imgur.com/taGzsZP.jpg It's thinly veiled behind more passive aggressively written prose than reddit, but it's here. No images, I'll grant, but as someone mistaken for conservative by liberals and liberal by conservatives I can assure you it's very much political.
whimsicalism 3y ago
Began with covid :)
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moffkalast 3y ago

It seems pleasant at first, then you realize that 90% of comments on every post are cynical negativity and I'm not entirely sure if spending much time around here is a good thing because it'm starting to absorb it.

esperent 3y ago
Yes, HN is a very cynical and negative place, and it's interesting how quickly I stop noticing that if I visit a few days in a row. But if I don't visit for a week and then come back, it's starkly obvious. It's also not exclusively negative and cynical, of course, and there are some great insights to be found here. I think you're being unfair with 90%. Maybe more like 70%?
- yannyu 3y ago
  Is there any tech-oriented forum that isn't largely cynical and negative? Is there any social media that isn't largely cynical and negative? I also notice how my mindset changes when I don't visit, which really just makes me think I should stop engaging in 90% of online discourse and discussion.
  - moffkalast 3y ago
    Feels like reddit is at least has a larger percentage of memes and shitposting so there's less overall negativity, but there's also less substance.
  - esperent 3y ago
    > Is there any tech-oriented forum that isn't largely cynical and negative Maybe no? I only know of two (not including subreddits): HN and Slashdot. And of the two, Slashdot is far, far, more negative, with the weird addition of American style republican political views. Which, as a European reader, makes it feel like a very right wing place. Are there any other forums I'm not aware of?
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garciasn 3y ago

I deleted Apollo and the official Reddit app (which I used to post posts) and I'm done. I had been a user for ~12 years and had 150K+ comment karma. They fucked up and now I'll spend more time on here and /., is my guess. Unless there are other strong dork communities I should be looking into. Edit: Ask HN thread showed up on my last question: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36293789

norrland4ever 3y ago
What is /. ?
- evandale 3y ago
  Slashdot https://slashdot.org https://slashdot.org I've started looking at that and arstechnica for my tech news replacements.
- mplanchard 3y ago
  slashdot.org
- deadcat 3y ago
  Slashdot website, which was once a massive tech discussion site.
- terrytwillstein 3y ago
  Slashdot.
- pixelatedindex 3y ago
  Slashdot, if I had to guess
- mjhagen 3y ago
  This hurts.
  - meepmorp 3y ago